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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Minister had told Desiderio that Mendoza traveled with what?
(a) A tribe of shamans.
(b) A lounge act.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A band of gypsies.

2. What does Desiderio find to be desolate and abandoned in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The local pub.
(b) The cathedral.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The promenade.

3. Where are the acrobats from in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Spain.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Siberia.

4. What had the character Mendoza reportedly built?
(a) A submarine.
(b) A time machine.
(c) A rocket.
(d) An airplane.

5. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Quarters.
(b) Coupons.
(c) Trash.
(d) Dollar bills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hails Desiderio a hero in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Who is the narrator in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

3. Whose mother led to the falling out between Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman?

4. Desiderio discovers in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight that the peepshow proprietor was Dr. Hoffman's what?

5. What does Desiderio see inside the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Desiderio go after leaving the Acrobats of Desire? What does he find in the purse?

2. How are the Acrobats of Desire described? What is their act like?

3. How does Desiderio escape in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? From where does he escape?

4. How did the war against Dr. Hoffman begin, according to Desiderio? How did the Minister become involved?

5. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?

6. What "hallucination" does Desiderio experience in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

7. What does Desiderio learn from the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

8. Who does Desiderio find floating in the river in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What discovery does this lead to?

9. What does Desiderio discover after leaving his cave in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What is his reaction?

10. Why have the villagers invited the carnival to their town at the last stop in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What does Desiderio do there?

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